PBC News & Comment: Trump Coronation in Cleveland Tonight

Climax in Cleveland expected to be Trump’s acceptance speech, but Peter Thiel’s “more capitalism, less democracy” message may overshadow Donald…..--Trump steps on his own publicity, with reckless comments about NATO and threat to pull out of NAFTA “in a split second”

--Peter Thiel was Paypal cofounder, Facebook investor; the gay billionaire who funded Hulk’s Gawker lawsuit here’s a takedown by Ben Tarnoff in The Guardian, and here’s a nastier takedown from The Intercept, owned by Thiel’s former partner in Paypal Pierre Omidyar